Israel: 7 acts qualify to the Quarterfinal, final in three weeks

Another episode of Hakochav Haba (The Next Star) has come to an end. Yefi & Osher Aricha had to go home and leave seven acts in the run for representing Israel in the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest.

The current list of acts in the run is:

Avia Shoshani

Iki Levi & The Rasta Hebrew Men

Nadav Gadj

Nava Tehila Walker

Orit Binsay

Sa’ar “Rusty” Davidov

Sari Nachmias

So far the show was broadcasted on Sundays and Tuesdays, but from now it will be broadcasted only on Sundays. The upcoming schedule will probably look like this:

1/2 – Quarterfinal

8/2 – Semifinal

15/2 – Final

It is highly possible that only the artist will be chosen in the final round and that the Israeli entry will be chosen and presented by another unknown mechanism. No official statement has been released so far.

An agreement with the Israel national broadcaster, IBA, was made last year where the winner of the second season of The Next Star would go on to represent the country at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest. You can read more about the show’s process here.

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Gil is 23 years old, grew up in Israel and lives in Sweden. He began following the Eurovision Song Contest at the age of five, when the contest was held in Jerusalem in 1999. Gil joined the ESCToday team in March 2008, shortly after co-hosting the Israeli national selection that year.